Definition of Real Money Poker

What is the definition of the term "Real money poker"? What does the term "real money poker" mean?

"Real money poker" simply refers to when you are playing poker for real money.

For instance - you sign up for an online poker site. At this point, you have two choices.

1) You can deposit (using your credit card, etc) and play cash games, Sit and Go's or Multi-Table Tournaments for real money.

2) You can sit at a "play money" table, which means that you are playing for imaginary money.

A "play money" table provides a great opportunity to practice before you start to play for real stakes.

The downside to a "play money" table is that people will play much differently compared to when they play for "real money". It's easy to play aggressively when there is no real money on the line.

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Most sites give you many ways to deposit "real money", including paying by credit card, Paypal or bank wire.

When you deposit for the first time in order to play poker for real money, sites will offer you an initial deposit bonus. It's always recommended that you maximize the size of your initial deposit in order to maximize the size of your bonus.

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Sites will offer all sorts of different real money stakes. It is always recommended that you start at the lower stakes and work your way up.

For instance, sites will usually offer tournaments and SNGs that start at buy-ins as low as 10 cents. They will go all the way up to buy-ins of as much as $10,000 or even $25,000.

This also applies for cash games - you can start at stakes of as low as $0.01/$0.02 if you are new to the game of poker. These stakes will escalate, all the way up to $100/$200.

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In short, real money poker is when you are playing poker with your own hard-earned money.

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